I’ve been suspiciously quiet on the blogging front lately. The reason: I’ve just completed a cross-country move in the middle of the holiday season (its my second 3000+ mile move in <2 years, but that is another rant for another day). I’ve fled the snowy winters of New Hampshire to take up shop in Jonanthan . . . → Read More: TGIF: Friday Fashion Finds
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By Dr Bik, on  January 6th, 2012  2 comments  TGIF: Pictures & Movies, Uncategorized  Art, Coral, fashion, Kraken, nematode, squid, tgif By Dr Bik, on November 30th, 2011 One comment New Research, Uncategorized 18S rRNA, 454 sequencing, Community Ecology, deep sea, eukaryotes, metagenomics, nematodes Make no mistake about it — I am shamelessly pimping out our lab’s new paper, written by yours truly. In fact, the title of this blog post was actually an alternate name for the manuscript (although I’d love to see the reviewer comments on that title). Technology is absolutely ridiculous these days. My iPhone is . . . → Read More: Our badass 454 sequencing reveals awesome deep-sea insights
By Dr Bik, on November 24th, 2011 2 comments Bringin' It, Scientist! marine scientists, Massachusetts, Pilgrims, Thanksgiving Right now, my stomach is rumbling as the delicious scent of my roasted nut loaf wafts in from the kitchen (yes, I’m one of THOSE–although ironically, as the only vegetarian in the family I am forced to concoct a creamy, meaty gravy from turkey drippings every year since I apparently “do it best”). Being from . . . → Read More: The Pilgrims were obviously Marine Scientists
By Dr Bik, on November 16th, 2011 24 comments Open Access, Opinion, Scientist!, Uncategorized core values, culture of science, DSN mission, Open Access, Scientist! Glamour magazine, where the HELL are female scientists in your annual “women of the year” awards? Year after year, you honor female actresses, fashion designers, politicians, activists, athletes and models. You bestow awards on some truly amazing people, who have made it their life’s work to change the world and spread messages of peace, hope, . . . → Read More: Changing the Culture of Ocean Science: a DSN core value
Al might be keeping it classy on TGIF with some wonderful underwater footage, but here in New Hampshire, I’m stuck in an empty office revising a manuscript while everyone else it out enjoying Veteran’s Day. Hence I have been procrastinating on the interwebz, and was referred to this (by) catch-y rap (HA!) via twitter: Note: . . . → Read More: TGIF – Overfishing Rap
By Dr Bik, on November 10th, 2011 One comment Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, dispersants, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill An e-mail just made me shout a barrage of expletives. In a good way. Some poor intern at Marine Science Review is probably wailing in the hospital, clenching his eye sockets in pain after trawling Google Scholar for 3 days straight. The science division at Sea Web have put together what looks to be the . . . → Read More: Holy Link Fest, Batman! My cup runneth over with oil spill literature
By Dr Bik, on October 11th, 2011 3 comments Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill BP still has to pay the government for that little slip-up that happened last year. The Clean Water Act imposes punitive damages for any act of pollution carried out in US waters, with fines proportional to the magnitude of the environmental impact. For oil spills, damages are calculated according to the amount of hydrocarbons leaked . . . → Read More: Divvying up BP’s fine for restoration in the Gulf
I am drooling so much, I am going to have to cover my keyboard in plastic. Winter wardrobes always depress me (too many layers, so much black), but this year I CANNOT WAIT to wear Spring fashion. Its Paris Fashion Week right now (I am probably the only marine biologist that trawls the Vogue website . . . → Read More: Under the Sea at Paris Fashion Week S/S 2012
By Dr Bik, on September 19th, 2011 Leave a comment New Research Bacteria, DNA, genomics, marine, sequencing There’s a new paper today describing the use of very short sequences (100 base pairs long) and sophisticated computational algorithms to map out an entire genome sequence. Falling asleep yet? Ok, that technology might sound pretty cool, but for us molecular biologists it is sooo last season in the genomics world (like beige nail polish was . . . → Read More: Hot dayum, Craig Venter
By Dr Bik, on September 15th, 2011 Leave a comment Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill I can’t say its the most captivating document ever produced (unless you’ve got a thing for regulatory practices and safety recommendations), but it is an important document nonetheless: yesterday, the newly renamed Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) released its “Final Report Regarding the Causes of the April 20,2010 Macondo Well Blowout.” . . . → Read More: BOEMRE Final Report on Deepwater Horizon
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